Orc candy, anyone? Delicious artwork inside!
Aug 07, 2021 11:41 pm
Wylde-lings, I have a special treat for you today!
ORC CANDY
Yes, that's what I choose to call the incredible artwork done by my cover artist, Alex Gui. I think it's fitting. I mean... look at these green-skinned hunks! Well, Rogan is not really green, but no one is judging. Scroll down to see these guys in all their splendor! I've added bigger photos of them below. Alex took his time to add scars, tattoos, and little details to their hair. And every time I go on Amazon and see the terrible resolution they have on all covers, I die a little inside. But fear not, I'm going to make paperbacks of these babies, and then both you and I (and Alex, of course) will get to hold them in our hands and really admire the art. Until then, enjoy them in digital!
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These are all photomanipulations. If you saw the original models, the way I got them from DepositPhotos, you wouldn't believe your eyes. I'm not sure even the models would recognize themselves. LOL
I won't be sending a newsletter next Saturday, so you'll hear from me on August 21st, when I hope to have good news about the book I'm working on - Kaius the Fierce. I'm going on vacation again, but I'll take my work laptop with me. I always do. Sometimes I have time to write, other times there are other activities that distract me. But I just don't feel comfortable not taking my work with me, because from experience, every time I left my work at home, I had plenty of time to work. Not risking that ever again.
Following are some book recommendations for this weekend. Since I have nothing new to offer you, maybe you'd like to check out my friends' books. In this community, we have to support each other. We all have to gain. And sure, sometimes you get kicked in the butt... It happened recently that an author and friend (ex-friend now) I helped by recommending her books, sending my readers her way when she was just starting out, and promoting her to my platform did something outstandingly shitty and nuked both her career and our friendship. Unrelated. She nuked them perfectly individually. And I took that as a lesson. I still recommend other authors' books, but I will never get more involved than that.
And I do curate what I recommend. To the best of my ability. In a world of multiple pen names and so little actual, real interaction, you can never know who's behind a book, a name, a Facebook picture.
Anyway, just stay safe, read good books, enjoy your weekend, and I'll see you on the 21st!
Love,
Cara / Oana (https://www.facebook.com/carawylde.author)
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After years of working for the Alien Immigration Office on Earth, Alyssa has finally been sent on her first assignment in space. But what’s supposed to be a nice little peace mission soon turns into a nightmare – one where pirates might abduct her at any moment and she's assigned a lethally scary but oh, so sexy bodyguard!
It doesn't help that the body he’s supposed to guard always heats up in his presence...
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Seventy generations ago, the angel Ramatel was cast into hell for sleeping with human women. Now he has returned to earth, carrying the scars of hell, only to find that he has been strapped with a beautiful young female apprentice, but will he be able to come to terms with his past before she gives up on him?
Clara has been given a second chance to save her soul by working with a chauvinistic angel who has antiquated ideas of gender roles. She is determined not to let him bother her, but will his proximity lead to love or hate?
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Transported to another world with purple alien barbarians who don’t even speak English?!
Strange storms have been raging all over the world for the past months. Some say the end of the world is coming, but for Ella, life goes on as always: stressing about work, her health problems, and now a broken car to top it all off. She tries to make her way home in the stormy weather when a lightning suddenly strikes her. She loses consciousness and when she wakes up, she finds herself in the middle of a TV production. Because giant purple aliens just can’t be real, right? Especially not when they come in threes and want to mate with her…
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Demons have more than one face. Their true nature is hidden under the illusions they cast upon humans.
Ariana
My life is a mess. An affair that shouldn’t have happened, a divorce that is impending… and what did I do? I ran away on an exotic, spiritual trip with my best friends. Ten days in the Himalayas, with no signal and no internet connection, should have helped clear my head. Instead, I once again got more than I’d bargained for.
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Happy reading!